The Conjuring vs. Insidious

[Blackout19 15,334]

Which franchise do you like the most?

I love both, but I have to go with The Conjuring. 

[NewUsername 11,742]

Hard to choose. From both franchises, the first 2 movies were really strong.
 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,363]

Patrick Wilson 🙌🏼

Both franchises are fun. Insidious only really hit for me with the first one, and that one scene in the 3rd installment with the closing curtains in the bedroom. The Conjuring consistently found inventive scares, and the 2nd one is one of the most unnerving modern movies imo. 

The Conjuring takes it. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Roughhouse Dandy

[Ladle Ghoulash 49,084]

Just now, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Patrick Wilson 🙌🏼

The way I immediately start drooling whenever I think abt him…

[Gorehound 5,618]

both are seriously overrated. 

[Wet Fire 8,296]

Insidious. It's such a comfort watch 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,363]

2 minutes ago, Gorehound said:

both are seriously overrated. 

Inch resting. What're some of your favorite modern horror movies then?

[Gorehound 5,618]

4 hours ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Inch resting. What're some of your favorite modern horror movies then?

Call me pretentious but I find the likes of the Conjuring franchise too popcorn horror for me. They just rehash the same old cliché horror tropes and never break any new ground. But still good fun dgmw. I think I’ve probably become too desensitised to that style of horror. I find movies that fall more in the 'elevated horror’ category more interesting.

 

Hereditary (banger!)

Midsommar

Robert Egger’s movies - especially The Witch (but Nosferatu and The Lighthouse are insane to and I can't wait for Werwulf later this year!)

Speak No Evil (the original Danish version)

Hokum

Barbarian

The Substance 

Skinamarink (that’s a hard watch)

A Dark Song (my no.1 favourite)

A Wounded Fawn

Longlegs

Hush

Oddity

Apostle

Talk To Me / Bring Her Back

Gretel And Hansel

Stopmotion

Suspiria

 

,,,, to name a few..

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[Anderson123 42,227]

Daddy Wilson.

Both movies are great, as a franchise I think The Conjuring 1 - 4 have done really well. Insidious 1 is amazing and  to this day there are scenes that still give me some chills, but the rest of the movies haven't had that re watch value for me but they're still good. I'd say Conjuring 1, 2 and Insidious 1 are top of the list.

[NickoNacko 36]

The Conjuring 1 and 2 are peak horror movies for me, they're so good! But I think the other movies are pretty hit or miss. I don't really like 1 and 4...neither Nun movies are that good...but I really like Annabelle Creation and Annabelle Comes Home. 

I've only seen the first Insidious. 

[NUTELLA 24,711]

The first half of the first Insidious

scared me more than all of the Conjuring movies I've seen, combined

 

& I don't even remember how many of the Conjurings I've seen

because (imo) they're all pretty meh

[Anderson123 42,227]

49 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

The first half of the first Insidious

scared me more than all of the Conjuring movies I've seen, combined

 

& I don't even remember how many of the Conjurings I've seen

because (imo) they're all pretty meh

The movies are good at having proper jumpscares (not the typical ones) but there's something about some Insidious scenes that have truly made me feel scared, like the time the mom goes outside to throw the trash and when she's going back she sees this kid with 1950s clothes dancing to music, she goes inside and he's not there anymore. That's the type of creepy stuff people see in real life, or that Conjuring 2 scene when the girl turns off the TV and you see the old man sitting on that couch in the reflection.

[NUTELLA 24,711]

8 minutes ago, Anderson123 said:

The movies are good at having proper jumpscares (not the typical ones) but there's something about some Insidious scenes that have truly made me feel scared, like the time the mom goes outside to throw the trash and when she's going back she sees this kid with 1950s clothes dancing to music, she goes inside and he's not there anymore. That's the type of creepy stuff people see in real life, or that Conjuring 2 scene when the girl turns off the TV and you see the old man sitting on that couch in the reflection.

I don’t even remember the second half of Insidious… but unsettling ambiance & jump scares of the first half have stuck with me all these years later.

The whispering/yelling on the baby monitor, the house alarms repeatedly going off/front door opening at night, the younger kid describing how the comatose kid walks around, that giant man casually pacing back & forth on the balcony (until he… isn’t), the face behind the baby bassinet, the dancing kid hidden beneath the coat rack, Barbara Hershey describing her dream…

& of course (arguably one of the most effective scares ever)… the sudden face behind Patrick Wilson

The Conjuring is evergreen as a franchise/source for spin-offs because of that married couple, but none of their stuff has ever been as effectively upsetting as the first Insidious (for me)

 

Honestly, I think the only time I felt afraid during a Conjuring movie was the nun's first appearance (before she became oversaturated as a horror icon)

"Mom... who's that?"

[NUTELLA 24,711]

4 hours ago, Gorehound said:

Hush

More people need to see this movie

Idk how many people have seen it

but not enough, I know that

[NewUsername 11,742]

4 hours ago, Gorehound said:

Call me pretentious but I find the likes of the Conjuring franchise too popcorn horror for me. They just rehash the same old cliché horror tropes and never break any new ground. But still good fun dgmw. I think I’ve probably become too desensitised to that style of horror. I find movies that fall more in the 'elevated horror’ category more interesting.

 

Hereditary (banger!)

Midsommar

Robert Egger’s movies - especially The Witch (but Nosferatu and The Lighthouse are insane to and I can't wait for Werwulf later this year!)

Speak No Evil (the original Danish version)

Hokum

Barbarian

The Substance 

Skinamarink (that’s a hard watch)

A Dark Song (my no.1 favourite)

A Wounded Fawn

Longlegs

Hush

Oddity

Apostle

Talk To Me / Bring Her Back

Gretel And Hansel

Stopmotion

Suspiria

 

,,,, to name a few..

Some of these are sooo good. But too me it's also kinda funny that you would call The Conjuring and Insidious overrated, but list Hereditary and The Substance 

 

Spoiler

Ok, Toni Collette was amazing in Hereditary, especially in that scene, but still.